The First Amendment freedom of speech in theory and practice

Source: The Peaceful Revolutionist
by David S D’Amato

“I happen to agree with Trump that Jimmy Kimmel is neither funny nor talented. A performer this bad could only have a show in a culture like ours. That said, this firing or dismissal — or whatever it is we’re watching right now — clearly came at the behest of FCC chair Brendan Carr, is based purely on Kimmel’s Democratic Party politics, and is therefore about as clear a violation of the First Amendment as you could have. It is not the kind of tricky hypothetical law professors might use to test their students on the requirements of the Constitution. It is not hard. But I would submit that the law, even as found in the First Amendment, is the wrong object of focus and inquiry.” (09/19/25)

https://dsdamato.substack.com/p/the-first-amendment-freedom-of-speech